Leo looked at the PDF. It had a visual representation of the keyboard with dots on it. It stripped away the fear of playing full, lush, two-handed chords and reduced it to the absolute essentials. Mario Odyssey Amiibo Bin Files - 3.79.94.248
Leo flipped it open. He expected pages of intricate Liszt-like etudes. Instead, he saw diagrams. Spots for the left hand. Spots for the right hand. Minimalist. Clean. Composer Text Presets | Animation
"It’s a PDF," Mark said, "that I printed out because I was desperate. It’s written specifically for people like us—horn players, drummers, and poor composition majors who think 'shell voicings' are something you find at the beach."
"The PDF is brilliant because it doesn’t try to turn you into Oscar Peterson," Mark explained. "It just wants you to be functional. It separates the hands. Left hand plays the root and the 5th? No, actually, look at the Rootless Voicings section. It tells you to play the 3rd and 7th in one hand, and maybe the melody in the other."
It sounded like Jazz.